Special news coverage on the legal battle between Bob Arum's Top Rank, Inc. and Oscar de la Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions on who has the promotional rights on Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao signed with Golden Boy on September, 2006 and two months later Pacquiao also signed with Top Rank. In the aftermath, Top Rank and Golden Boy sued each other. The case is currently being heard in U.S. Courts. As a side effect big fights between the two promoters' fighters could not be made or have had great diffulty of being made which deprived the boxing world of the fights it wanted to see.

By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, 27 May 2007

Notes on the back of an envelope: If Oscar De La Hoya wants to burnish his positive public image, I got just the ticket for him. If he is the president of boxing, and in many ways he is, then can

Top Rank, GBP set for long battle for Pacman
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, 26 May 2007
THE legal battle over the promotional rights of Manny Pacquiao is expected to drag until next year, Top Rank chairman Bob Arum said recently. The case is still in court and Top Rank and rival Golden Boy Promotions (GBP) are battling it out for Pacquiao, arguably the world’s most exciting Read full story

ARMAGEDDON: THE BATTLE FOR BOXING RAGES OFF THE RING
By Danny Leigh, PhilBoxing.com, 22 May 2007

Arum (R) and De la Hoya in happier times. Armageddon, the biblical term for the battle between Good and Evil. World Boxing doesn't have a governing body to control or represent the sport, it is open for take ove Read full story

Purse bid no option for Manny
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, 22 May 2007
Despite an order from WBC president Jose Sulaiman, it doesn’t look like Manny Pacquiao is inclined to fight superfeatherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez unless Top Rank and Golden Boy settle their differences. That’s the word from Pacquiao’s boxing adviser Rex (Wakee) Salud w Read full story

BARRERA WILL RETIRE IF HE CAN'T FIGHT PACQUIAO
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, 21 May 2007

Former WBC super featherweight champion, legendary Mexican Marco Antonio Barrera says he will retire if he cant fight Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao in a rematch this year. In an overseas telephone c Read full story

Schaefer chides Arum: Barrera still with GBP
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, 15 May 2007
Golden Boy Promotions executive Richard Schaefer said Top Rank’s Bob Arum must be “dreaming” when the latter said Marco Antonio Barrera hinted that he is no longer connected with GBP and is therefore open to fight Manny Pacquiao later this year. “Maybe he (Arum) was dreami Read full story

Fight promoter enjoying election fiesta
By Dennis Principe, Business Mirror, 14 May 2007
Veteran promoter Bob Arum will go all out in supporting Manny Pacquiao in becoming an efficient politician should he succeed in his congressional bout today. Arum arrived in Manila Thursday morning from Las Vegas and immediately flew to General Santos City to lend whatever support he can give to Read full story

SCHAEFER SAYS THE BALL IS IN ARUM’S COURT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, 13 May 2007

Richard Schaefer. Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says Top Rank promoter Bob Arum “knows exactly what he has to do if he wants to settle the various cases” currently pending between Golden Boy and Read full story

‘I’m more than that’
By Dominic Menor, Business Mirror, 13 May 2007
THE Justine Fortune defection is deeper than most think it is, after the former Freddie Roach understudy fired away vitriolic statements at Roach in an interview that appeared on a boxing website Thursday. Fortune and Roach, the tandem that helped to hone Manny Pacquiao into arguably the most dev Read full story

INSIDE SPORTS: THE ADMIRABLE BOB ARUM
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, 12 May 2007

Bob Arum in many ways never ceases to amaze us. When we learned from our respected friend Tony Aldeguer that Arum was taking the same Philippine Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Manila as Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ "Baz Read full story

Roach row won’t affect Pacquiao
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, 12 May 2007
Top Rank chairman Bob Arum said yesterday the split between trainer Freddie Roach and conditioning coach Justin Fortune won’t affect Manny Pacquiao’s preparations for future fights the next of which could be in September or October. "I saw the problem coming," said Arum referring to Read full story

BARRERA COULD BE NEXT PROMOTIONAL THORN BETWEEN TOPRANK AND GOLDEN BOY
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, 11 May 2007
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer has reiterated his warning to Top Rank Promoter Bob Arum to lay off former WBC super featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera because Barrera “still has a promotional contract with Golden Boy.” Schaefer told Viva Sports/Manila Standard T Read full story

ARUM WANTS TO TALK IT OVER WITH GOLDEN BOY
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, 11 May 2007

Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says he hopes that sometime later this month he can sit down with Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions executives if not De La Hoya himself to resolve the current legal battle over the promotional rights Read full story

Arum ready to settle row with GBP?
By John Paul Jubelag, The Philippine Star, 11 May 2007
GENERAL SANTOS City – Top Rank big boss Bob Arum yesterday signified his intention to settle his protracted legal battle with the Golden Boy Promotions of boxing legend Oscar de la Hoya over the promotional rights to Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao. According to sources, the 75-year-ol Read full story

Pacquiao’s trainers split over share of fight purse
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, 11 May 2007
MONEY matters have shattered the once-solid working relationship between Wild Card guru Freddie Roach and long-time strength coach Justin Fortune, a development that could have adverse effects on Filipino star Manny Pacquiao. Roach told the Bulletin yesterday morning that Fortune ran away with th Read full story

Pacman feuding trainers split up
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, 11 May 2007
Freddie Roach and Justin Fortune, who steered Manny Pacquiao to his greatest triumphs, have bitterly parted ways, barely a month after the Filipino superstar knocked out Mexican Jorge Solis at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The split came earlier this week when Fortune, an Australian ex-he Read full story

Pacquiao’s trainers part ways
By , Philippine Daily Inquirer, 11 May 2007
MANILA, Philippines -- For Justin Fortune, it’s time to strike a fortune on his own -- away from the shadow of famous trainer Freddie Roach. Fortune left Roach’s Wild Card Gym in a huff on Saturday, severing his ties with the two-time Trainer of the Year who is credited for Manny Pacq Read full story

BREAKING NEWS: FORTUNE QUITS, TELLS ROACH GO “F” YOURSELF
By Brad Cooney, PhilBoxing.com, 10 May 2007

Manila Bulletin writer Nick Giongco was definitely on to something when he reported some months back that strength and conditioning coach, Justin Fortune did not want Roach i Read full story

DE LA HOYA SAYS THERE’S NO FEUD WITH ARUM
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, 02 May 2007
Oscar De La Hoya says “there’s no feud” with his former promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank although he said they are not close. De La Hoya made the statement on the popular Jay Leno show where he was given a rousing reception. Reminded about the fact that he gave Arum his Olympic gold medal which he Read full story

Mystery Man Michael Koncz Speaks: My Only Boss, Concern Is Manny Pacquaio!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, 01 May 2007
Michael: As I previously informed you I am not one to seek attention or be in the spotlight of the media. Hence, even though you graciously asked me for an interview in Texas to set some facts straight, I respectfully declined cause it is not about me. It’s about the fighters I work with and Read full story